James dixon



(No Model.)

No. 340,297 Patented Apr. 20, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES DIXON, OF N ElV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HENRY BREWSTER, JOHN WV.BRITTON, CHANNING M. BRITTON, AND CHARLES. J. RICHTER, OF

SAME PLACE.

VEHICLE-BODY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,297, dated April20, 1886.

Application filed February 10, 1886. Serial No. 191,489. (No modell Toall whom it 17mg concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES DIXON, of the city and county of New York, inthe State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in"Vehicle-Bodies, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to vehiclebodies in which the sides and ends areconnected or joined by square or angular corners, as is I) usual wherethe side and end are two sepa rate pieces united by a miter or buttjoint. It hasbeen proposed to form the side and end of a body of onecontinuous piece bent so as to form a curved or rounded corner, :5 butsuch curved or rounded corners are not desirable in a vehicle-body; andthe object of my invention is to provide a vehicle-body the corners ofwhich are square or angular, so as to present the appearance of a bodyin which the sides and ends are united byjoints, and which will bestronger at the corners than is a body having joints at the corners.

The invention consists in a vehicle-body having its sides andendscomposed of portions which are bent to form square or angular corners,and which are joined together between the corners, as distinguished froma body having the pieces which form its sides and ends bent to formcurved or rounded cor- In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 representsa perspective view of a vehiclebody embodying my invention; and Fig. 2

is a horizontal sect-ion thereof, showing more 5 clearly the twoportions or. sections of which the sides and ends of the body arecomposed and the joints which connect the two sec tions or portions atthe opposite ends of the body.

Similar letters of reference designae corresponding parts in bothfigures.

In the example of my invention shown the sides and ends of the body arecomposed of only two separate portions or sections, A A, each of whichis of a length to form one entire side and half of each end. The twoportions A A are bent squarely at the points a,

to form the square or angular corners of the b0dy, and the ends ,of thetwo portions or sections A are joined together at the ends of the bodyby a long scarf-joint, b, or by any other suitable joint In order tostrengthen and sustain the corners, they may be filled in with the usualcorner pieces or blocks, 0, and may have corner irons, d, applied in theusual way. At the bottom of the sides and ends of the body I haverepresented the usual wooden rockers or bottom sides, 6.

It will be seen thatby myinventionl provide a vehicle-body which hasonly two joints in the sides and ends, and in which the corners aresolid, or have the portions extending from them formed of a single pieceof material. Not only is this construction advantageous, because thereare only two joints, b, but it is still further very desirable becausethese joints, being in the straight portions of the body-4n the end, forexampleare so located that long searfjoints or other joints may be &

formed which will not be liable to open or separate.

The portions A A are made of elm or other wood which is susceptible ofbeing bent when propt rl y steamed or treated.

I am aware that a vehicle body having rounded or arc-shaped corners hasbeen made of portions which are bent to form such rounded corners; butsuch a vehicle-body is objectionable, because its corners are not squareor angular, and are readily distinguishable from the jointed corners,which are square or angular. By experiment I have found that byemploying a proper quality of wood and properly steaming or softeningit, the corners may be bent squarely or angularly and made to simulatethe ordinary body, in which the sides and ends are joined by a miter orbutt joint to form a square or angular corner. I do not therefore desireto include in my invention a body of the kind above described as old.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The vehicle-body herein described, having its sides and ends composed ofportions which are bent squarely, so as to form square or angularcorners, and are joined between the corners, as distinguished from abody in which the pieces constituting the sides and ends are bent toform curved or rounded corners,

substantially as and for the purpose herein setforth.

Witnesses: JAMES DIXON.

WILsoN B. DURBRONG, W. HERVEY IRWIN.

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